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Noun (3 meanings)

1. European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America.

dyer's rocket, dyer's mignonette, weld, Reseda luteola

weld is a type of:

reseda (noun) - any plant of the genus Reseda

weld is a member of:

genus Reseda (noun) - Old World genus of herbs having racemose flowers: mignonette

2. United States abolitionist (1803-1895).

Weld, Theodore Dwight Weld

weld is an instance of:

abolitionist, emancipationist (noun) - a reformer who favors abolishing slavery

3. a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together.

weld is a type of:

joint (noun) - junction by which parts or objects are joined together

types of weld:

spot weld, spot-weld (noun) - each of the welds made by welding at a separate point

weld is derivationally related to:

to weld (verb) - join together by heating

Verb (2 meanings)

1. join together by heating.

Example:

“weld metal”

to weld is a way to:

to join, conjoin (verb) - make contact or come together

ways to weld:

to butt-weld, buttweld (verb) - join by a butt weld
to spotweld, spot-weld (verb) - make circular welds

to weld is derivationally related to:

weld (noun) - a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together
welder (noun) - joins pieces of metal by welding them together
welding (noun) - fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure
weldment (noun) - an assembly of parts welded together

to weld entails:

to blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge (verb) - mix together different elements

2. unite closely or intimately.

Example:

“Her gratitude welded her to him”

to weld is a way to:

to unite, unify, merge (verb) - join or combine